Moai statue replicas

Collection of Moai replicas' locations from around the Globe, being put together by co-members of GEC forums.

my first and only one find so far is this
2,4 meters poplar trunk Moai replica at Pusztamérges, Hungary,  46°19'7.32"N, 19°42'17.07"E  


chainshaw carved wood sculpture by Papp Attila (2013.)
photo by Csala István

photo of the "chainshaw-artist" whilst working on this piece and article from source: delmagyar.hu (hun.)

no StreetView sight (GoogleCar was there 2 years before), no GE Layer info, valuable placemark in company of all other finds from this thread below.

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recent stage of updates: 27 sculptures' sites in attached kmz folder:
Moai Replicas.kmz (5.98 KB)

It is a 3 meter replica, but it was made from the original volcanic stone of Easter Island by the artist Alejandro Pakarati, a native of Easter Island. It can be found in Dublin on the Clontarf Promenade and is a gift from the Chilean government from November 2004.

Attachments:

Moai Dublin.kmz (797 B)

Hi again,
we also have some in Germany, for example in a museum in Cologne and in Hamburg. In November 1999, two volcanic stones (six tons) were brought from the Easter Island here to Hamburg at the instigation of the Consulate General of Chile in Hamburg and worked by sculptors of the island, as in ancient times, with traditional hand tools. Some of the Chileans living in Hamburg have christened this Moai "Angelito" and decided to celebrate the "Moai's Birthday" in an annual Michelwiesenfest. Meanwhile, the Moai is a tourist attraction.
So long!
Pitter

Moai Angelito Hamburg Germany.kmz (858 B)

link Moai Angelito Hamburg

Another replica can be found at the Timexpo Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Attachments:

Moai Time Expo Museum.kmz (713 B)

Also to be found at the Fram Museum in Oslo (Norway) and in Vina del Mar (Chile)

Attachments:

Moai Vina del Mar.kmz (801 B)

Moai Oslo.kmz (791 B)

The Scottish variant for sale. If you do not like the stone head, there are other interesting objects. (Portpatrick, UK)

Google Maps

In Italy there is a moai, the only true one outside Easter Island in the world. It is located in Vitorchiano, a village of Etruscan origin, a few kilometers from Viterbo. The Moai di Vitorchiano is not old: in 1990 it was designed by eleven indigenous Maori of the Easter Island, who were invited by RAI - Radiotelevisione italiana. As the Moai originals on Easter Island worsen, state television searched for a volcanic rock that resembles the Easter Island quarry to build a new one. He found it right here: a giant peperino block weighing thirty tons. He was sculpted by eleven indigenous Maori of the Atanm family with manual axes and sharp stones from the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). 'The Moai - explained the builders after dancing around the block of Peperino, which was gradually taking shape - is a sacred sculpture: it brings wealth to the observed place, provided it is never moved. When it is moved from the place where it is carved, it causes great misfortune. '

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A 14-foot-tall Moai statue stands in New Berlin, Wisconsin. It's is made of wood, diamond mesh metal lath and cement plaster. Built 1980 by the painter Joe Stanke, a admirers of the Moais.

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This 40-year-old Tucson icon was once in the now closed property Magic Carpet Golf.

Tucsonians and visitors can now see their famous tiki in a Hawaiian grill on 4th Avenue.

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Located in Kensington, Maryland.

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no thread of mine anymore!

many thanks willi1 put this great collection together, also the one other co-contributor so far, pitter for their finding!



one thing is up for me: frequently update kmz folder, now attached to OP! (:
(credits given by each placemark)

thank you again, and keep up the good work!

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Dec 12, 2018 15:28:13 GMT syzygy said:

... and keep up the good work!

Yup !

Standing at Stonehenge II in Ingram, Texas.

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With red eyes in Daytona Beach Shores

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just have got in PM:

Jan 9, 2019 8:27:28 GMT krenek said:

...in japan:
goo.gl/maps/Yua7khJdj612

goo.gl/maps/u8Y7fo4dVUu
...

site added, thanks krenek !

A little starved, the boy

Attachments:

Small Moai.kmz (803 B)

To be found in Lake George (NY). His relationship is close by.

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With some good will you can call that Moai (Antares, Arizona).

Attachments:

Moai green.kmz (785 B)

not a replica but an interesting one imho:



@51.5198241,-0.1274043 floor 0, SV link

> britishmuseum.org

> wiki link Hoa Hakananai'a

> Easter Island governor begs British Museum to return Moai: 'You have our soul' (theguardian.com, 20 Nov 2018)

> Treat Easter Island Moai statue at British Museum like human remains, says international law expert (telegraph.co.uk, 1 December 2018)

thanks krenek this great "off-topic" story! (:

I think, that of course it should be returned to the members of the culture it was born within, and let them do anything they want to do with it! 
we already have enough replicas of these around! (;

other sort of thing when indigenous maori people sculpt one in another coutry to stand there. (check post above in this thread by willi1 )

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here I attach placemark with approximate position and direction of "The Friend that Lost" before it was moved (based on wiki-data), also give link to essential source of info! (;


The Friend that Lost.kmz (824 B)

Fort Lauderdale (meanwhile gone?)

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Santiago de Chile

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Also Santiago de Chile

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Found in the infinite depths of my archive

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Minamisanriku, Japan

Attachments:

Moai Minamisanriku.kmz (929 B)

Mar 31, 2021 17:01:29 GMT willi1 said:

Minamisanriku, Japan

From the bottomless abyss of your archives I suppose... ( :

Thanks much!


Updated kmz file attached to OP. (Your next post from NYC included.) 

Found in Brooklyn, NYC

Attachments:

Moai NYC.kmz (786 B)

Stands at the Museo Fonck in Viña del Mar (Chile)

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This replica can be found in the Literary Museum of Arkady Fiedler in Puszczykowo, Poland.

PS Link

Stands in Santiago de Chile

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Many thanks for the great additions willi1!  

Updated kmz file attached to OP.